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The Americans pursued the space mission as the target was set by president John Kennedy to land a man on the moon and to bring him back safely in this decade it had to be done.

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Q: Why did the US pursue the moon landing?
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The moon landing was real. That it was otherwise has been an urban legend for years.


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